Job Overview
A rare opportunity for a motivated individual with lived experience of the Criminal Justice System or prison custody. Do you want to work with psychologists and practitioners to support people on their recovery journey?
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) seeks individuals with lived experience to join our Primary Care Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTR) teams in Surrey, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire.
This application is for High Wycombe, with an option to base in Aylesbury.
This role is ideal for someone who wants to use their experience of prison and/or the CJS to help others accessing MHTR support. Peer support experience is desirable but not essential; what matters most is your ability to use personal experience to support others and your aspiration to do so within a supportive NHS team.
Training will be provided. Independent travel across the Guilford area is essential. Peer support is founded on the belief that no one is better placed to guide recovery than someone who has walked the same path.
We actively seek peers with lived experience of both CJS and health or social care needs, e.g., mental health or substance misuse.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The Peer Support Worker will provide formalised peer support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to engage with appropriate services, develop an identity outside of the criminal justice system, and regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery process.
The Peer Support Worker will come alongside a service user and assist them when aspiring and considering the initial steps on their recovery journey.
Working for our organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Key Responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users
- To help individuals identify strengths, interests, and their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals
- To support the implementation of groups and networks that enable participation in activities
- To actively engage with colleagues and other professionals to ensure the needs of the client group are met
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Lived experience of the Criminal Justice System.
- Willingness to use own experiences to support others.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting people in the community.
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to fulfil the requirement to commute across the whole of the West Mercia Area.
- Personal values.
